The association for multi-stakeholder co-operation in member-owned social enterprises.

FairShares is a brand and development model for self-governing social enterprises operating as companies, co-operatives, partnerships and associations. It offers a unique multi-stakeholder approach through its integration of entrepreneurs, producers, consumers and investors, and its advocacy of Creative Commons to manage members' intellectual property.

Intense concentrations of wealth have been caused by the private corporation. The FairShares Model of co-operative enterprise distributes surpluses equitably. It is a much‑needed part of the social economy’s infrastructure...

The ability to enfranchise those who put in money, those who use an organisation and those who work for it, is hugely appealing … [it is] the future development of social enterprise and a more democratic society...

Nicola Dickins, Co-founder of Make It Happen Consultancy, co-Founder of FairShares

I see FairShares as a way for every person to become a co‑owner of organisations they work for, buy from and need to secure their well-being. We have devised a new approach to sharing control …

Rory Ridley-Duff, Assistant Professor of Co-operative and Social Enterprise, Sheffield Business School, co-Founder of FairShares

For me, FairShares emerges as a direct continuation of our original [social enterprise] movement – a bit like a ship out of the fog powered by the latest engineering – reminding us of our founding values...